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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 03 May 2012
Tags: governor bill haslam, vanderbilt university, tennessee, tennessee legislature, veto, all-comers policy, anti-discrimination policy, student religious groups, anti-lgbt

We thought this was interesting. Christian student groups at Vanderbilt University have been raising quite a stink based on Vanderbilt's "all-comers" anti-discrimination policy that stipulates no student group can discriminate. The university's discrimination statement includes sexual orientation.

The Christian groups argue that "by being forced to allow gay students to participate and run for officer positions, they themselves are being discriminated against for their faith."

In response to Vanderbilt's stance and in an attempt to show their support for religious organizations, Tennessee legislators proposed House Bill 3576/Senate Bill 3597, which would allow religious student groups to discriminate according to the beliefs of...

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